Third Age Notes: Before the War of the Ring

In the appendix Return of the King J.R.R. Tolkien gave a timeline for the Third Age. I thought I would read through it and make note of some items I may have missed or weren't mentioned as I worked through the texts. First I rather enjoyed this summary of the Third Age: "These were the fading years of the Eldar. For long they were at peace, wielding the Three Rings while Sauron slept and the One Ring was lost; but they attempted nothing new, living in memory of the past. The Dwarves hid themselves in deep places, guarding their hoards; but when evil began to stir again and dragons reappeared, one by one their ancient treasures were plundered, and they became a wandering people" (p. 365, The Return of the King). So here goes, each bullet point starts with a year in the Third Age (for reference if you see the term Periannath that means the Hobbits; this was the Gondorian name for that people):

• 3, The shards of Narsil are brought to Rivendell by Ohtar
• 130, Elrond's sons, Elladan and Elrhoir are born
• 241, Arwen is born
• 1050, Evil rises in Mirkwood and the Hobbits first enter Eriador and the records
• circa 1100, the Stronghold of Dol Guldur is discovered. "It is thought to be one of the Nazgul" (p. 366, The Return of the King)
• circa 1300, Evil multiplies; the Misty Mountain Dwarves are assaulted by Orcs. Hobbit migrate westward; many of which settle in Bree
• 1437, "Burning of Osgiliath and loss of the palantir" (p. 367, The Return of the King). 
• 1601, "Many Periannath migrate from Bree, and are granted land beyond Baranduin by Argeleb II" (p. 367, The Return of the King)
• 1636, The Great Plague. The White Tree dies; Hobbits suffer great loss
• 1640, "King Tarondor removes the King's House to Minar Anor, and plants a seedling of the White Tree. Osgiliath begins to fall into ruin. Mordor is left unguarded" (p. 367, The Return of the King).
• 1975, "The palantir of Annuminas and Amon Sul are lost" (p. 367, The Return of the King) and the Witch-king disappears
• 1977, The Eotheod come into the North
• 1979, "Bucca of the Marish becomes first Thain of the Shire" (p. 368, The Return of the King)
• 1999, Erebor is founded
• 2002, Minas Ithil and its palantir fall to the Nazgul
• 2063, Gandalf searches Dol Guldur and Sauron flees
• 2460, Sauron returns to Dol Guldur with more power
• 2463, "The White Councul is formed. About this time Deagol the Stoor finds the One Ring, and is murdered by Smeagol" (p. 368, The Return of the King)
• 2470, "About this time Smeagol-Gollum hides in the Misty Mountains" (p. 368, The Return of the King)
• circa 2570, Dragons begin to reappear and attack Dwarf kingdoms
• 2589, "Dain I slain by a dragon" (p. 368, The Return of the King)
• 2590, "Thror returns to Erebor. Gror his brother goes to the Iron Hills" (p. 368, The Return of the King)
• circa 2670, "Tobold plants 'pipe-weed' in the Southfarthing" (p. 368, The Return of the King)
• 2890, Bilbo Baggins is born
• 2901, Henneth Annun is built
• 2907, Gilraen, mother of Aragorn is born
• 2930, Denethor is born
• March 1st, 2931, Aragorn is born
• 2939, Saruman discovers Sauron's servants are searching the Gladden Fields for the One Ring. "He is alarmed, but says nothing to the Council" (p. 370, The Return of the King) 
• 2941, "The White Council meets; Saruman agrees to an attack on Dol Guldur, since he now wishes to prevent Sauron from searching the River" (p. 370, The Return of the King)
• 2944, "Bard rebuilds Dale and becomes King. Gollum leaves the Mountains and begins his search for the 'thief' of the Ring" (p. 370, The Return of the King)
• 2956, Aragorn and Gandalf meet and form their friendship
• 2968, Frodo Baggins is born
• 2977, "Bain son of Bard becomes King of Dale" (p. 371, The Return of the King)
• 2978, Boromir is born
• 2980, "About this time Gollum reaches the confines of Mordor and becomes acquainted with Shelob" (p. 371, The Return of the King)
• 2983 Faramir and Samwise Gamgee are born
• 2989, "Balin leaves Erebor and enters Moria" (p. 371, The Return of the King)
• 2994, "Balin perishes, and the dwarf-colony is destroyed" (p. 371, The Return of the King)
• circa 3000, "Saruman dares to use the palantir of Orthanc, but becomes ensnared by Sauron, who has the Ithil Stone. He becomes a traitor to the Council. His spies report that the Shire is being closely guarded by the Rangers" (p. 371, The Return of the King)
• 3007, "Brand son of Bain becomes King of Dale" (p. 371, The Return of the King)
• 3009, Gandalf and Aragorn search for Gollum who is captured by Sauron
• 3017, Gollum is released from Mordor and captured by Aragorn; Gandalf reads the scroll of Isildur

Middle-earth timeline: Third Age, 1-3017

Today's reading comes from: The Return of the King, pages 365-371